Cultivating Professionalism: Training and Mentoring Local Security Forces From the Second World War to Afghanistan

SECURITY SECTOR REFORM is known to experts as a key to post-conflict rebuilding and to NATO's mission in Afghanistan. Military personnel serving in OPERATIONAL MENTORING AND LIAISON TEAMS (OMLTs) alongside Afghan forces make up an ever increasing portion of Canada's mission in Kandahar. This year's conference explores the historic roots of such training missions as well as the most recent experience and lessons from the field.

Featuring:

Major-General Dennis Tabbernor, Canadian Forces Shief of Reserves and former Deputy Commanding General for Afghan National Army Development with Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan.

Dr. James Willbanks, US Army Command and General Staff College and author of "Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost its War"